Forcing cops to attend hearings? Letting victims be part of the process? Reforming the law itself? We asked experts and advocates to weigh in on how to fix flaws in the city’s ‘failure to yield’ law exposed by a City Limits investigation.
displacement
New Federal Tax Program for Depressed Neighborhoods Stirs Hopes and Concerns
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A lack of regulations, and a dearth of information about what impact earlier place-based tax programs had, has some New York advocates and experts worried that Opportunity Zones offer as much peril as they do promise.
Age Justice
Alarm Over Proposed Cuts to State Program Overseeing Home-Health Aides
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Advocates predict that changes proposed by the governor could reduce the number of ‘fiscal intermediaries,’ who help administer the Medicaid program that pays for home-health aides, by 90 percent.
brain waste
Brain Waste: Many Immigrants Come With Dreams—and Advanced Training—but Can’t Find Jobs
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An orthopedic surgeon tosses pizza dough. An engineer with a doctorate drives for Uber and Lyft. They are among thousands who arrived here with advanced educations but can only find low-skill work.
The Ride
Free Parking:
Is it the Secret Ingredient
in NYC’s Traffic Problem?
Is it the Secret Ingredient
in NYC’s Traffic Problem?
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In a city with crowded streets, a rising population and soaring land prices, most New York City parking is free. Experts say that contributes to a shortage of spaces that generates traffic, obstructs deliveries, slows buses and drives motorists crazy.
Age Justice
Long-Term Help for Family Caregivers Exists. It’s Just Really, Really Complicated to Get it.
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The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program or CDPAP pays for home-health aides and family caregivers. The state recently has subjected the program to major changes and more might be coming.
Age Justice
NY Program is Uneven in Supporting Those Caring for Aging Parents
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The state’s paid-leave law is helpful, experts say, but cannot fully close the gap between what family caregivers can provide and what older New Yorkers need. But, unlike most states, at least New York is trying.
CityPlate
Why do Some NYC School Kids Still Eat Lunch Before Some of Us Have had Breakfast?
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The teacher reminded some restless students to focus during the last 15 minutes before lunch. Standard directions for students feeling antsy before the mid-day meal. Except it was 9:25 a.m.
arrests
Does Less Policing = More Fare Beating on New York City Subways?
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The MTA says turnstile jumping exploded when the NYPD pulled back on subway arrests. But critics doubt the numbers.
equity
The Long-Shot Case for Making NYC Public Transit Free
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It costs money for the subways and buses to collect and process fares. It creates a crime that we have to figure out how to fairly police. And, even with discounted fares, it makes transit an unavoidable cost burden to lower-income people. So why not make it free?
climate change
New York’s Sewer Overflows Could be Contributing to Climate Change
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Research suggests that pollutants from untreated sewage reduce the capacity of local wetlands to absorb carbon and mitigate the impact of greenhouse gases.